Table 18 Top 25 U.S. Air Gateways for U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Value: 2001
Table 18
Top 25 U.S. Air Gateways for U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Value:
2001
(Millions of dollars)
| Rank by total | Ports | Total trade | Exports | Imports | Exports minus imports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JFK Internatl. Airport, NY | 116,581 | 50,079 | 66,502 | -16,422 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Internatl. Airport, CA | 63,882 | 34,030 | 29,853 | 4,177 |
| 3 | San Francisco, CA | 61,953 | 32,320 | 29,633 | 2,687 |
| 4 | Chicago, IL | 44,916 | 19,918 | 24,998 | -5,080 |
| 5 | New Orleans, LA | 27,353 | 13,810 | 13,544 | 266 |
| 6 | Miami Internatl. Airport, FL | 22,565 | 15,403 | 7,162 | 8,241 |
| 7 | Anchorage, AK | 21,874 | 5,109 | 16,765 | -11,657 |
| 8 | Cleveland, OH | 19,679 | 9,213 | 10,467 | -1,254 |
| 9 | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | 18,797 | 8,836 | 9,961 | -1,126 |
| 10 | Atlanta, GA | 15,848 | 7,562 | 8,286 | -724 |
| 11 | Newark, NJ | 9,414 | 3,245 | 6,170 | -2,925 |
| 12 | Boston Logan Airport, MA | 9,216 | 5,664 | 3,552 | 2,112 |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma Internatl. Airport, WA | 8,849 | 3,546 | 5,303 | -1,757 |
| 14 | Philadelphia Internatl. Airport, PA | 8,799 | 4,945 | 3,854 | 1,091 |
| 15 | San Juan Internatl. Airport, PR | 7,779 | 3,686 | 4,093 | -407 |
| 16 | Houston Internatl. Airport, TX | 7,690 | 4,824 | 2,866 | 1,958 |
| 17 | Washington, DC | 5,985 | 2,926 | 3,059 | -134 |
| 18 | Indianapolis, IN | 3,387 | 3,256 | 131 | 3,124 |
| 19 | Memphis, TN | 3,375 | 2,059 | 1,315 | 744 |
| 20 | Oakland, CA | 2,960 | 2,805 | 155 | 2,650 |
| 21 | Cincinnati-Lawrenceburg, OH | 2,787 | 1,124 | 1,662 | -538 |
| 22 | Detroit, MI | 2,623 | 1,263 | 1,360 | -97 |
| 23 | Honolulu Internatl. Airport, HI | 2,282 | 255 | 2,027 | -1,772 |
| 24 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 2,159 | 1,384 | 775 | 609 |
| 25 | Philadelphia, PA | 2,071 | 152 | 1,919 | -1,767 |
| All other airports | 25,778 | 14,082 | 11,696 | 2,386 | |
| Total, top 25 airports | 492,823 | 237,412 | 255,411 | -17,999 | |
| Total, top 25 airports as % of all airports | 95.0 | 94.4 | 95.6 | ||
| Total, all airports | 518,602 | 251,494 | 267,107 | -15,613 |
NOTE: Data for all airports are based on U.S. Customs port classifications and include a low level (generally less than 2%-3% of the total value) of small user-fee airports located in the same region. Air gateways not identified by airport name (e.g., Chicago, IL, and others) include major airports in that geographic area in addition to small regional airports. In addition, due to of U.S. Census Bureau confidentiality regulations, data for courier operations are included in the airport totals for JFK International Airport, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Chicago, Miami, and Anchorage.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, special tabulations, May 2002.